Beach Monitoring Sample Results

During the summer months, selected public beaches along Lake Erie are sampled for E. coli bacteria. The presence of this bacteria in beach water is a good indicator of pollution that could be potentially harmful to swimmers. When the amount of bacteria in the water exceeds state standards, beaches are posted with signs that advise against swimming. This site will allow you to view current sample results to determine the risks for swimming.

The Nowcast system is a real time predictive model that evaluates many factors to indicate the probability bacteria levels will exceed the State standards, unlike typical water sampling programs that do not provide results until the next day.  Huntington beach has been using the Nowcast system for several years, and now this year Edgewater beach has been added. For more information on the Nowcast system please visit http://www.ohionowcast.info/index.asp

On the map below, select the name of the beach that you are interested in viewing for testing information. Most Lake Erie beaches are sampled four times each week, and some even daily. From the links listed below you can view results for more beaches sampled by the Cuyahoga and Erie county health districts and results are available from many of the inland state park beaches that are typically sampled twice each month.

These files are in .PDF format. The free Adobe Acrobat Viewer is required to view them.

  Nowcast Beaches

Other beach results:

• Cuyahoga County Beaches
• Erie County Beaches
• Inland State Parks Beaches
  
• Results Archives
  
  

 Last Updated: 5/15/08